KR20080094434A

KR20080094434A - Handle structure for refrigerator

Info

Publication number: KR20080094434A
Application number: KR1020070038882A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이동훈
Original assignee: 주식회사 대우일렉트로닉스
Priority date: 2007-04-20
Filing date: 2007-04-20
Publication date: 2008-10-23

Abstract

The present invention relates to a handle structure for a refrigerator, which is fixed to an opening formed on a side of a refrigerator door, one side end of which is fitted into one end of the opening and the other end of which is fixed to the other end of the opening. A handle member including a handle part, a grip member having a grip function at a front surface thereof, a coupling member formed at a rear surface of one side end portion of the handle member, and a coupling member having a coupling groove coupled to one side inner surface of the opening, and the handle member And at least one locking member formed on a rear surface of the other side end of the hook and having a locking jaw formed on the other inner surface of the opening, and an elastic piece for elastically supporting one inner surface of the opening at the tip of the coupling groove of the coupling member. Bending is formed.

Through the handle structure having such a structure, the door handle can be fixed more firmly and stably, and also can be used regardless of the size and grade of the refrigerator, thereby greatly reducing the manufacturing cost.

Description

Handle structure for refrigerator {HANDLE STRUCTURE FOR REFRIGERATOR}

1 is a perspective view showing a conventional handle structure for a refrigerator.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional handle structure for a refrigerator.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a handle structure for a refrigerator according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

100: door 110: opening

200: handle portion 210: handle member

220: coupling member 221: coupling groove

222: elastic piece 223: ridge

230: locking member 231: locking jaw

The present invention relates to a handle structure for a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a handle structure for a refrigerator that can more firmly and securely fix the handle installed on the side of the refrigerator door.

In general, the refrigerator cools or stores the food stored therein for a long time without deterioration by cooling the air in the refrigerator using a cooling cycle.

The refrigerator includes a main body forming a storage space separated into a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, and a door mounted on one side of the main body to open and close the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment. There is a built-in mechanism for forming a refrigeration cycle.

And, one side of the door is provided with a handle for opening and closing the door more easily, the door handle is generally attached to the front of the door.

Since the door handle affects the sophistication of the entire refrigerator according to its design, the manufacturer has paid considerable attention to the design of the door handle, and the structure and installation method of the handle are different for each product.

Recently, it has been popular that there is no door handle on the front of the refrigerator door. Accordingly, a structure for installing the door handle on the top and bottom of the door has been proposed.

That is, the door handles installed at the top and the bottom are formed on the corresponding surface located between the upper door and the lower door installed in the refrigerator main body.

However, in order to use the door handles installed at the top and bottom, there is a problem that greatly reduces the sophistication of the entire refrigerator because it is necessary to secure a space enough for a hand to enter between the upper door and the lower door.

In order to solve the above problems, the structure of installing the door handle on the side of the door is limited.

That is, the door handle is installed on the side, as shown in Figure 1 and 2, the opening 11 is formed on the side of the refrigerator door 10, the fixing piece 20 is provided on one side of the opening (11). And, one end is fixed to the fixing piece 20 and the other end is fixed to the opening 11 facing the fixing piece 20, the handle portion 30 is formed with a groove 31 to serve as a handle on the front ).

Therefore, by installing the door handle on the side of the door 10 as described above it can be further in close contact between the upper door and the lower door can greatly improve the refinement of the appearance of the refrigerator.

However, the conventional door handle has a problem that the foam material is leaked through the gap material is not coupled or loosely fitted according to the side plate thickness of the door 10 when fitting to the opening 11 of the door 10.

In order to solve such a problem, if the door handle is manufactured separately according to the thickness of the side plate of the refrigerator door, there is a problem in that a large manufacturing cost is consumed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a handle structure for a refrigerator to be firmly and stably fixed the door handle irrespective of the side plate thickness of the refrigerator door.

Handle structure for a refrigerator of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A handle portion inserted into and fixed to an opening formed on a side surface of a refrigerator door, wherein the handle portion is formed at a rear surface of a handle member having a grip portion having a handle function at a front side, and an end surface of one side of the handle member, A coupling member having a coupling groove formed to be coupled to each other, including one or more locking members formed on a rear surface of the other side end portion of the handle member and having a locking step formed on the other inner surface of the opening, and including an inner end of the coupling groove of the coupling member. It characterized in that the elastic piece for elastically supporting the inner surface of one side of the opening.

The surface of the elastic piece is characterized in that the ridges of the concave-convex shape for pressing the inner surface of one side of the opening in multiple stages is formed.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

The refrigerator of the present invention includes a main body (not shown) which forms a storage space separated into a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, and a door 100 mounted to one side of the main body to open and close the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment.

In addition, an opening 110 for installing the handle part 200 to be described later is formed in the longitudinal direction at the side of the door 100.

As shown in FIG. 3, the handle part 200 is fitted into one side end of the opening 110 and coupled to the inside of the opening 110, and the other end of the handle 200 is locked to the inside of the other end of the opening 110. Through this, the handle 200 may be fixed to the side of the door 100 without any additional parts.

That is, the handle portion 200 is formed on the rear surface of the handle member 210 and the grip member 210 having a grip function on the front surface, one side end of the handle member 210 is fitted to one side inner surface of the opening 110 Coupling member 220 is formed with a coupling groove 221 is coupled to one, and formed on the rear side of the other side end of the handle member 210 and the locking jaw 231 is formed on the other inner surface of the opening 110 is formed It includes the locking member 230 or more.

And the coupling groove 221 of the coupling member 220 is formed with an elastic piece 222 for elastically supporting one inner surface of the opening 110, the elastic piece 222 of the coupling groove 221 It is connected in the form of "a" in the inward direction from the tip.

That is, when one side of the opening 110 is inserted into the coupling groove 221, the elastic piece 222 elastically supports the inner surface of one side of the opening 110 by the handle portion regardless of the side thickness of the door 100 Support 200.

In addition, an uneven protrusion 223 is formed on the upper surface of the elastic piece 222 to press the inner surface of one side of the opening 110 in multiple stages.

That is, by pressing the inner surface of the one side of the opening 110 in multiple stages through the ridge 223 can improve the sealing force and maintain a stable coupling state.

By using the handle structure for the refrigerator having the configuration as described above can be fixed to the door handle more robust and stable, and also can be used regardless of the size and grade of the refrigerator has the effect of greatly reducing the manufacturing cost. .

Claims

A handle portion inserted into and fixed to an opening formed on a side surface of a refrigerator door,

The handle portion is a handle member having a grip portion having a handle function on the front,

A coupling member formed at a rear surface of one side end portion of the handle member and having a coupling groove coupled to and fitted to one inner surface of the opening portion;

At least one locking member is formed on the rear side of the other end of the handle member and the locking jaw is formed on the other inner surface of the opening,

A handle structure for a refrigerator, characterized in that an elastic piece for elastically supporting the inner surface of one side of the opening is formed at the front end of the coupling groove of the coupling member.

The method of claim 1,

The handle structure for a refrigerator, characterized in that the upper surface of the elastic piece is formed with an uneven protrusion for pressing the inner surface of one side of the opening in multiple stages.